One more thing, is that one of the unique things about the Titan 1’s design is that you can use just about every known vat technology out there today with this printer.
The option most traditional with printers in this price range is bare silicone, either by asking for a v1 vat (and removing the film) or by re-pouring a vat with QSil 216 yourself. This has all of the advantages (super low adhesion) and drawbacks (low surface life, need to move the imaged area around, can’t use 3DM resins).
You can use flex vats. In particular, you can buy Muve3D’s vat from http://www.muve3d.net/press/product/flexvat/. The small one should be sufficient if you use the small build plate or mill down a build plate to 175mm. It is expensive though, at $199 for the vat and $49 for the specially cut replacement film. You’ll need to clamp it to the frame with the walls removed, but it isn’t difficult to secure.
And, there is Kudo3D’s PSP vat, which combines silicone and FEP to produce a high degree of flex without the high cost of a flex vat.
I have all three. I use the PSP vat 90% of the time.
I use the bare silicone for certain large surface area parts that are also thick, where separation forces are repeated transferred through the part.
The FlexVat I actually haven’t used yet. It took quite some time to assemble and I haven’t yet had the need to use it, even printing large flat parts like letter press plates that require the excellent surface finish that comes from printing flat. I’ll eventually try it out just for the heck of it and report back.
Still, from a price-performance perspective, the PSP vat is, in my opinion, a heck of a good deal. It’s priced the same as the Form 1’s vat, which is highly expendable given the bare silicone, and can potentially have the same service life as the Muve FlexVat, with easier maintenance since replacing the flexvat’s film is pretty darn annoying and the cost of its film is only slightly less than the cost of a whole new PSP.
I guess my point is that because of the shape of the linear stage and frame assembly, you’re not locked into the PSP. You can use virtually any other vat that’s out there with the Titan 1.
However, even with all the options, I choose to use the stock v2 PSP almost exclusively, and I feel it has the best available combination of cost, ease of use, and maintenance effort available.
Thus, when I see people having trouble with it, I really believe that the troubles are solvable.
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